Handling-horse for shoe-uppers.



No. 722,018. PATBNTBD MAR. 3, 190s, M. A. HAYWARD. HANDLING HORSE PORSHOE UPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 15. 1902.

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irren rares Artt MARTIN A. HAYWARD,YOF ELMVVOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF 'IO ALVA P. POOLE, OF-BROOKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

l-lANDLlNG-HORSE FOR SHOEf-UPPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,018, dated March 3,1903.

Application filed April 15 1902.

To ctZZ when@ it may concern;

Beit known that I, MARTIN A. HAYWARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elmwood, in the county of Plymouth and State oflVIassachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHandling-Horses for Shoe-Uppers, of which the tollowingisaspeciuication.

This invention relates to boot and shoe making, and has specialreference to the means for handling the tops and vamps,constituting thecomplete uppers, during the process of manufacture.

To this end the invention primarily contemplates a handling-horse forshoe-uppers comprising means for conveniently and rapidly handling inpairs the separate parts of the uppers, as well as the complete uppers,so as to greatly facilitate carrying out the different steps pursued inthe manufacture of boots and shoes and dispensing with a large amount ofthe labor involved in maintaining the uppers and the parts thereofproperly paired while the articles in different stages of completion arecarried from one department to another of the manufacturingestablishment.

The present invention is intended to be essentially a labor-savingdevice by entirely dispensing with the necessity of tying the uppers orparts of uppers together by'strings or cords, While at the same timeproviding for always maintaining the different parts in aproperly-paired relationI and facilitating the convenient handling orremoving of a case of uppers or upper parts from one department toanother without the objectionable hauling about of boxes in which thecases of twentyfour pairs are usually made up.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, andclaimed.

The essential features of the invention are necessarily susceptible to awide range of modication without departing from the spirit or scope ofthe invention; but a pre- Serial No. 103,062. (No model.)

ferred embodiment thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of an upper- `horse shown in itsoperative position upon the bench of the workman adjacent to theshoemaking machine and shown partially iilled with paired shoe-tops, thelatter being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe horse, indicating the position of its members when fastened togetherafter being completely illed and ready to be transferred from onedepartment or room to another.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts throughout thefigures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention the device as an entirety essentiallyconsists of a springwire body l. rlhis spring-wire body is preferablyformed of a single length of springwire of sufficient stoutness for thepurpose intended and bent upon itself to provide the separate sidestandards 2, which constitute what may be properly termed upper-car-vriers, said standards being designed to respectively receive thereon therights and lefts of the uppers or upper parts. The said side standardsor upper-carriers 2 are arranged in suflicient spaced relation to permitof the uppers or upper parts being readily slipped over the same, andthe standards are also preferably in their normal condition arranged insubstantial parallelism,so that each of the same is equally available tothe operator for placing on or removing a right or left upper or upperpart. At the lowerv end or base the spring-wire body l of the device ispreferably twisted upon itself to provide a combined supporting stem andhandle 3, adapted to detachably tit within the socket 4 of a socketmember 5, which is designed to be seated flush within the operatorsbench adjacent to the stitching or shoe-making machine, so that theentire device is within convenient reach of the operator.

The side standards or upper-carriers 2 are normally disconnected attheir free ends, over which the uppers or upper parts are passed both infilling and emptying the horse; but when both standards or carriers 2 ofthe horse are entirely filled with uppers or upper parts the free endsof the latter are adapted to be sprung together and detachablyinterlocked. This may be provided for in a number of ways, butpreferably by forming the standards or carriers at their upper or freeends with reversely-disposed catch hooks or loops 6, which may bereadily engaged and disengaged during the manipulation of the horse.

It will here be noted that one of the hooks 6 forms a substantiallyvertical keeper, while the other forms a substantially horizontal catchfor detachable engagement with theA keeper. This arrangement is a veryimportant feature of the present invention, as it materially facilitatesthe engagement and disengagement of the hooks.

In the first instance the side standards or carriers 2 of a horse areilled, respectively, with the rights and lefts of the shoe-tops. Afterbeing thus filled with tops the horse is closed by the locking of thecatch-hooks 6 and is removed to the bench where the vam ps are to bestitched to the tops. The tops are then removed one pair at a time andthe Vamps stitched on, after which the complete uppers are placed onanother adjacent horse. The latter horse when filled is likewise closedand removed to the bottoming-room, where the uppers are removed a pairat a time and the bottoms or soles attached. It will thus be seen thatthe herein-described horse provides simple and convenient means foralways maintaining the uppers or upper parts properly paired withoutresorting to the use of the usual strings, While at the same timepermitting the uppers or upper parts being handled in the mostconvenient and expeditious manner.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, use, and manyadvantages of the herein-described horse will be readily apparent tothose familiar with the art, and it will also be understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention', what is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

l. An upper-horse, havinga pair of spaced upright upper-carriers, thespace between the same being unobstructed from top to bottom to permitof uppers being placed astraddle of the respective carriers, and meansfor detachably connecting the tops of the carriers to permitdisplacement of the uppers.

2. An upper-horse, having a pair of spaced upright upper-carriers, thespace between the carriers being unobstructed from top to bottom topermit of uppers being placed astraddle of the respective carriers, andthe upper end of one of the carriers having a catch for detachableengagement with the other member to prevent displacement of the uppers.

3. An upper-horse of the class described comprising a spring-wire bodyhaving separate carriers respectively for rights and lefts, saidcarriers having free ends adapted to be detachably interlocked.

4. An upper-horse of the class described comprising a spring-wire bodyhaving at one end a pendent combined supporting-stem and handle, and apair of side standards rising at opposite sides of the stem andconstituting carriersrespectively for the rights and lefts of the uppersor upper parts.

5. An upper-horse of the class described comprising a spring-wire bodyhaving at its base a combined handle and supporting-stem and alsoprovided with opposite side standards constituting carriers respectivelyfor the rights and lefts of the uppers or upper parts, said standardsbeing provided at their free ends with catch members adapted to bedetachably sprung into interlocked engagement.

6. In 'a device of the class described, the combination with a socketmember, of an upper-horse comprising means for separately holding therights and lefts of the uppers or upper parts and provided at its basewith a stem adapted to be detachably engaged in said socket member.

7. An upper-horse, embodying a pair of upright spaced standards formingupper-carriers, the space between the standards being unobstructed fromtop to bottom, the upper end of one of the standards being formed into akeeper, and the upper end of the other standard being formed into ahook-shaped catch for detachable engagement with the keeper to preventdisplacement of the uppers, one of the standards being elastic to permitof the catch being engaged with the keeper and to return said standardto its normal position when the catch is disengaged from the keeper.

8. An upper-horse, comprisinga substantially V-shaped Wire body, theupstanding members of which form elastic upper-carriers and areseparated by an unobstructed space to permit of uppers being spacedastraddle of the carriers, the upper ends of the carrier members being.bent into hooks for mutual detachable engagement, and a stem pendentfrom an intermediate point of the transverse base portion of the body.

9. An upper-horse formed from a single length of wire which is bentintermediate of its ends with its opposite portions adjacent to the bendintertwisted to form a stem, the wire members being extended outwardlyin opposite directions from the upper end of the stem and thence bentupwardly to form spaced standards, the upper end of one of the standardsbeing bent into a substantially vertical hook-shaped keeper, and theupper end of the other standard being bent into a substantiallyhorizontal hook-shaped catch for detachable engagement with the keeper.

10. An upper-horse, embodying a pair of ICC IIO

spaced upright exble standards forming upper-carriers, the upper end ofone standard being bent into a substantially Vertical hook-shapedkeeper, and the corresponding end of the other standard being bent intoa substantially horizontal hook-shaped catch for detachable engagementwith the keeper.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN A. HAY WARD.

Witnesses:

FRANK C. WOODWARD, G. S. ROY.

